Today, February 24th, a friend called me very anxiously to ask why the Windows 7 Ultimate version installed on his computer popped up a prompt: This pre-release version of Windows 7 Ultimate will expire in seven days, and asked to back up the data immediately. He pointed out that his Windows 7 Ultimate version was successfully registered using the activation code he found online. Now he is confused as to whether his Windows 7 system has been activated.
I originally thought that everyone should know this problem, but after searching on the Internet, I found that there are quite a few friends asking this question. The reason why Windows 7 automatically prompts users that this pre-release version is about to expire is due to Microsoft's policy restrictions. The Windows 7 operating system has attracted widespread attention from users around the world since its beta version was released. Because of its excellent performance, a large number of users rushed to install and test it. Before the official release of Windows 7, new versions were constantly released or leaked, so several versions appeared during the testing period. Some Windows 7 users would even find that the system they had just installed the day before had been replaced by a new version within two days. But as ordinary netizens, few people take pleasure in installing the system. Installing the system is actually simple, but backing up and restoring important data during the installation process is quite troublesome. And the test versions are almost all minor updates, and the changes are not very obvious, so Most users choose to adapt to changes and always use the version they installed.
However, as Windows 7 continues to be upgraded until the official version is released, there are still considerable differences between it and the initial beta version. Therefore, in order for users to use the newer version, Microsoft gradually expires the previous beta versions, and these beta versions They are all so-called pre-release versions. The Windows 7 Beta version has expired on August 1, 2009. As early as June 17, 2009, users of the Windows 7 Beta version will receive an expiration notification once a day. As the expiration date approaches, users will receive notifications more frequently. The frequency is also higher, until the system will restart the computer every two hours. After being prompted by Windows 7, users of the Windows 7 Beta version have basically upgraded to a newer version in time, the RC version after the Beta version.
There are a lot of netizens who have installed and used the Windows 7 RC version. After all, the functions of the RC version will not be much different from the official version. However, please note that this is still only a pre-release version. The friend I asked for help today is also using this version. I found the activation code online and successfully registered. I thought I could use Windows 7 Ultimate for a long time, but this is not the case. Microsoft is scheduled to start notifying Windows 7 RC version users of system expiration information on February 15, 2010. The notification process is the same as that of the Beta version:
*Expiration notifications will begin on February 15, 2010.
Users of Windows 7 RC editions will receive an expiration notification in their taskbar once a day.
The notification wizard is initially displayed to Windows 7 RC Edition users every 4 hours, and then once an hour.
*On March 1, 2010, Windows 7 RC version will enter the next expiration stage:
Overdue notifications continue to appear in the taskbar.
Computers running Windows 7 RC Edition restart every two hours.
*On June 1, 2010, Windows 7 RC version expired:
Windows boots to a black desktop.
Windows Activation screen is displayed for Windows 7 RC edition users. This screen indicates that the Windows you are running is not genuine.
Computers running Windows 7 RC Edition restart every two hours.
The internal version number of Windows 7 RC version is 7100. You can immediately check whether your Windows 7 system has this version. If it is this version installed, you need to start transferring your important data and prepare to upgrade or reinstall the operating system. .
The solution to the above problem is actually simple. Just re-download and install a higher version of Windows 7 RTM, or choose to return to your own XP or Vista system. If Windows 7 can bring you a better user experience and improve your work efficiency, and you can't put it down, it may not be impossible to consider upgrading directly to the genuine version. At present, the Windows 7 operating system has been officially released, and the lowest-priced Windows 7 Home Basic Edition can be purchased for only 399 yuan.
Speaking of the version number of Windows 7, if you still don’t know which version you have installed, the editor below will teach you how to check the detailed version number of the Windows 7 system.
The simplest way is to enter the "winver" command in the run box of the start menu and press Enter to see a pop-up window, which will display the corresponding large version number.
However, this command cannot view the detailed version numbers after 7100. If you want to view it in more detail, you can use another command "Slmgr.vbs", and this command can take some parameters to let you get more information. For example, "slmgr.vbs -dli" can check the Windows 7 system version, some product keys and license status.
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"slmgr.vbs -dlv" can view the most detailed activation information, including activation ID, installation ID, activation deadline, etc.
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In addition, use the "slmgr.vbs -xpr" command to check whether the Windows 7 system has been fully activated;
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"slmgr.vbs -ipk" replaces the Windows 7 serial number; "slmgr.vbs -ato" activates the Windows 7 system.